"White Power!" "Black Power!"

Black and White Power Clash

Riot police rushed into the small town of Paris, Texas on July 21, 2009 to quiet opposing street protests by members of the Black Panthers and the Ku Klux Klan. About 100 black activists were expressing anger over the acquittal of two white men accused of dragging a black man to his death with their truck.

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"Black Power!" "White Power"

Otha Latimore, 61, raises his fist during a protest between hundreds of black and white protesters who exchanged screams of "Black power!" and "White power!" at the town square in Paris, Texas, July 21, 2009. They are angered over the case of two white men who were acquitted of dragging a black man to his death with their truck.

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Two White Men Acquitted

Shannon Finley, left, and Charles Ryan Crostley are seen outside the Lamar County Jail on June 4, 2009, in Paris, Texas. Murder charges against them in the Sept. 16, 2008, death of Brandon McLelland were dismissed. The defendants said they were friends with McLelland and another man - a gravel truck driver - has since come forward saying he thinks he might have run McLelland over by accident.

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Mother Struggles With Son's Death

Jacquline McClelland poses with a photo of her son Brandon McClelland, Oct. 24, 2008, in Paris, Texas. Brandon, a black man, was on a late-night beer run across state lines to Oklahoma with two white friends and ended up dead on a rural Texas road. Police originally said he was run over by a pickup and then dragged as far as 70 feet beneath the truck, but the friends were acquitted, setting off street protests.

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Anger Flares in Texas

An unidentified member of the New Black Panthers, left, films a protester with a bullhorn during a protest between hundreds of black and white protesters in Paris, Texas, July 21, 2009. The conflict began with a march through downtown by about 100 black activists who were protesting the state's handling of the case of a black man who was run over and dragged by a vehicle.

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A Mother's Pain

Jacquline McClelland, mother of Brandon McClelland, wipes away tears during an interview in Paris, Texas, on June 5, 2009. McClelland believes that dropping the murder charges against the two men accused of killing her son lets those guilty of the killing go free.

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Shanon Finley

Shannon Finley pauses during an interview at his lawyer's office in Paris, Texas, June 5, 2009. After seven months in jail, murder charges against Finley and another suspect, Charles Ryan Crostley, were dropped due to lack of evidence in the death of Brandon McClelland.

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Police Rush In

Sheriff's deputies detain a protester during a protest in Paris, Texas, July 21, 2009. State police in full riot gear rushed a downtown street in this eastern Texas town to break up a tense standoff between hundreds of black and white protesters who exchanged screams of "Black power!" and "White power!"

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Black Panthers

Protestors carry an African unity flag past police while marching in Paris, Texas, July 21, 2009. Protestors and counter protestors marched in this small town over the dismissal of murder charges against two white men in the death of a black man who was run over and dragged.

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Nazis in Texas

With police between them, white supremacists hold up a Nazi flag and yell at protesters marching on the town square in Paris, Texas, July 21, 2009. The conflict began with a march through downtown by about 100 black activists who were protesting the state's handling of the case of a black man who was run over and dragged to death by a vehicle.

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Race Tension Replay

The recent unrest in Paris, Texas, is reminiscent of a tense protest in 1998, when Black Panthers carrying rifles marched through the streets of Jasper, Texas angry over the death of a black man who was dragged by three white men driving a pickup truck. The Ku Klux Klan was also there, waving Confederate flags. One person was arrested.

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Race Tension Replay

Darrell Flinn, a member of the Knights of the White Kamellia, speaks during a Ku Klux Klan rally June 27, 1998, in Jasper, Texas. Racial anger had erupted in Texas over the brutal killing of James Byrd Jr., who was beaten then chained to a truck and dragged to death. Police believe he survived much of the several-mile horror. John William King, 23, Shawn Berry, 23, and Lawrence Brewer Jr., 31, were all convicted.

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Gone but Not Forgotten

A truck down Farm Road 2648 past a wreath that sits near where Brandon McClelland died, Oct. 24, 2008, near Paris, Texas. McClelland was on a late-night beer run across state lines to Oklahoma with two white friends and ended up dead on a rural Texas road. Authorities say he was run over by a pickup and then dragged as far as 70 feet beneath the truck.